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[OPEN] Scream, it makes no sound, I could testify
Who: Alice Dyer (closureisformovies) & you!
What: Catch-All for Alice
When: Late August, Early-Mid September
Where: Town hall, oak & iron, empty pockets, around
Warnings: Possible Blight discussion, others as they come up
1. Explaining how time has bled me dry [town hall]
Those who work in Town Hall probably know Alice as the cheerful, tallish woman who spends the vast majority of the work day chattering and making jokes of varying levels of quality. She's the kind of person that's always talking to someone and it never seems to meaningfully impact her work, as she continues to be a pretty damn decent clerk despite all her many complaints about the concept of working at all.
But after the Blight mess is all said and done, Alice seems... a little off. The first few days are the worst; her work suffers and she's clearly still frayed around the edges, but given the fact she spent a lot of the time holding down the Town Hall shelter on her own it's excusable enough. She even perks up a little, after the day Gerry picks her up to drag her straight to drinks, but she never quite gets back to full form and if you look closely enough it's hard not to spot. Her jokes are more strained, she chatters a little less, and she keeps making stupid mistakes she wouldn't have before.
And her weird behaviour is especially obvious when Dahlia's around. Wonder what that's about.
2. You say I'm vacant now when it's justified [oak & iron]
Typically Alice stops by the O&I twice a day: once, in the morning, to get coffee and breakfast before she heads into work; second, in the evening after dinner to drink and hang out where the people are. This pattern remains much the same even when her behaviour shifts elsewhere, though the observant might notice she's drinking more than she usually does in the evenings and staying longer in the process.
It's in the evenings, especially after a couple drinks, that she's at her most social, inserting herself into conversations or joining people at tables with empty seats. Maybe you're one of the lucky people she jumps in to talk to, maybe her loudmouth charm has caught your attention, or maybe you just want to tell her to shut up. Either way, she's around. Soaking up the ambient energy, trying to ignore both her own chronic loneliness and the panic that's been threatening to consume her every waking moment since Aster walked into the office.
3. If you called my bluff, I could lose your love [empty pockets]
Alice joked about something like this a couple months ago, but it's only now with her mood in the gutter that she decides to go for the drastic measures: subjecting innocent people to her attempt at stand-up comedy.
It's not exactly a polished routine or anything, and anyone from the 2010s onwards that's at all internet savvy is going to recognise some of her humour as blatantly ripped from tumblr, but she is genuinely very quick on the draw and has plenty of her own material (even if it is, also, tumblr-flavoured).
And she has fun. Despite everything, she has fun.
4. And I know I'd be fine [Wildcard]
Hit me up to plot something or just throw something at me. She's out and about.
closureisformovies) & you!What: Catch-All for Alice
When: Late August, Early-Mid September
Where: Town hall, oak & iron, empty pockets, around
Warnings: Possible Blight discussion, others as they come up
1. Explaining how time has bled me dry [town hall]
Those who work in Town Hall probably know Alice as the cheerful, tallish woman who spends the vast majority of the work day chattering and making jokes of varying levels of quality. She's the kind of person that's always talking to someone and it never seems to meaningfully impact her work, as she continues to be a pretty damn decent clerk despite all her many complaints about the concept of working at all.
But after the Blight mess is all said and done, Alice seems... a little off. The first few days are the worst; her work suffers and she's clearly still frayed around the edges, but given the fact she spent a lot of the time holding down the Town Hall shelter on her own it's excusable enough. She even perks up a little, after the day Gerry picks her up to drag her straight to drinks, but she never quite gets back to full form and if you look closely enough it's hard not to spot. Her jokes are more strained, she chatters a little less, and she keeps making stupid mistakes she wouldn't have before.
And her weird behaviour is especially obvious when Dahlia's around. Wonder what that's about.
2. You say I'm vacant now when it's justified [oak & iron]
Typically Alice stops by the O&I twice a day: once, in the morning, to get coffee and breakfast before she heads into work; second, in the evening after dinner to drink and hang out where the people are. This pattern remains much the same even when her behaviour shifts elsewhere, though the observant might notice she's drinking more than she usually does in the evenings and staying longer in the process.
It's in the evenings, especially after a couple drinks, that she's at her most social, inserting herself into conversations or joining people at tables with empty seats. Maybe you're one of the lucky people she jumps in to talk to, maybe her loudmouth charm has caught your attention, or maybe you just want to tell her to shut up. Either way, she's around. Soaking up the ambient energy, trying to ignore both her own chronic loneliness and the panic that's been threatening to consume her every waking moment since Aster walked into the office.
3. If you called my bluff, I could lose your love [empty pockets]
Alice joked about something like this a couple months ago, but it's only now with her mood in the gutter that she decides to go for the drastic measures: subjecting innocent people to her attempt at stand-up comedy.
It's not exactly a polished routine or anything, and anyone from the 2010s onwards that's at all internet savvy is going to recognise some of her humour as blatantly ripped from tumblr, but she is genuinely very quick on the draw and has plenty of her own material (even if it is, also, tumblr-flavoured).
And she has fun. Despite everything, she has fun.
4. And I know I'd be fine [Wildcard]
Hit me up to plot something or just throw something at me. She's out and about.
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Alice tries and fails to bite back the fresh laughter, which results in a ridiculous snorting sound. "Goddammit I shoulda remembered the— deep magic Narnia quote, too; can't believe I missed that opening..."
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"Right?" Alice laughs. "The amount of jokes I make around here that no one understands 'cuz they've got the audacity to be from the wrong decade. It's honestly unjust."
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Alice waves a hand. "At least you've probably got enough frame of reference I could explain 'em and not just come out sounding even more insane than I already did. Most of the time. Sometimes the shit I say's a total Alice original that even I barely understand."
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Alice pulls a very non-committal face and noise. "Sorta recognise the name, don't know the guy's whole deal?"
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"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me. I'm afraid of widths."
Pause. "I was a peripheral visionary. I could see the future, but only way off to the side."
Pause. "I went to a restaurant that advertised breakfast any time. So I ordered french toast during the Renaissance."
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Alice snorts a laugh. "Ah, that kinda gag! Yeah, alright, I've heard variants on that sorta style around."
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"Honestly same, I can do it in bursts but naturally deadpan this face is not. Plus I laugh at my own jokes too much."
She's not embarrassed by it either, one of the few things Alice is confident in about herself is that she's funny. Whether other people agree or not.